2011–12 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

September 2021 December 2012 Blackburn Rovers 2011–12 Steve Kean Manager Stadium Ewood Park Premier League 19th (relegated) FA Cup Third round League Cup Quarter-finals Yakubu (18) Yakubu (18) 26,532 vs Manchester United (League, 2 April 2012) 7,104 vs Leyton Orient (League Cup, 20 September 2011) 22,551 _blackburn1112h _blackburn1112h _blackburn1112h _redtopl 0000FF _blackburn1112a _blackburn1112a _blackburn1112a _blacktopl 000000 FFF000 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 season was Blackburn Rovers 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football. On 7 May 2012, Blackburn were relegated to the Football League Championship after a 0–1 home defeat to Wigan Athletic. They ended the season at 19th place after losing the last Premier League game 2–1 against Chelsea on 13 May 2012. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html Premier League Table premierleague.com 23 May 2012 16 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160516065708/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html dead Club thumb|Blackburn players celebrate winning at home against Arsenal on 17 September 2011 Technical staff Head coach Steve Kean Assistant manager John Jensen (until 28 September 2011) Eric Black (appointed 20 January 2012) Assistant head coach Paul Clement (appointed 14 October 2011) (until 6 January 2012) Assistant coaches Iain Brunskill Bobby Mimms Goalkeeping coach Bobby Mimms Youth coach David Lowe October 2011 http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/BackroomStaff/0,,10303,00.html Blackburn Rovers Team Backroom Staff Backroom staff 22 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110310113959/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/BackroomStaff/0,,10303,00.html 10 March 2011 dead October 2011 Medical staff Doctor Duncan Robertson Youth team Doctor Chris Dalton Physiotherapist Dave Fevre Mark Palmer October 2011 October 2011 League table BLB Pre-season friendlies First Team 13 July 2011 12:00 Blackburn Rovers 5–0 W Details Oldham Athletic Roberts Salgado Henley Brockhall training complex Brockhall 16 July 2011 12:15 Accrington Stanley 1–2 W Report Blackburn Rovers Guthrie 54 Andrews 15Kalinić 66 Globe Arena Morecambe Unknown 16 July 2011 15:00 Morecambe 1–1 D Report Blackburn Rovers Jevons 25 Formica 73 Globe Arena Morecambe Unknown 27 July 2011 18:00 (11:00 GMT) 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy Aston Villa 1–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Bent 49 Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 40,000 sellout credited for 2 matches 31 July 2011 18:00 (11:00 GMT) 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy Kitchee 0–3 W Report Blackburn Rovers Formica 35Dunn 70Blackman 86 pen. Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 40,000 sellout credited for 2 matches 6 August 2011 15:00 Kilmarnock 1–4 W Report Blackburn Rovers Harkins 13 Dunn 15 pen.Roberts 16 34 pen.Goodwillie 76 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 2,283 Reserves 9 July 2011 15:00 Kendal Town 1–7 W Report Blackburn Rovers Reserves Danny Williams 1 Aaron Doran 5Micah Evans 25Jamie Maclaren 27 pen.James Knowles Tom Hitchcock 60 69 Lakeland Radio Stadium Kendal 266 19 July 2011 19:30 Bamber Bridge 2–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Reserves Matty Jones 37Danny Mahoney 75 pen. Reece Hands 45 pen. QED Stadium Bamber Bridge Unknown 23 July 2011 15:00 2011 Lancashire Senior Cup Final Preston North End 1–1 1–3 W Report Blackburn Rovers Reserves Iain Hume 73 Jamie Maclaren 56 County Ground Leyland 1,288 26 July 2011 14:00 Rangers 2–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Reserves Jamie Maclaren Murray Park Glasgow Unknown 28 July 2011 13:00 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 2–2 D Report Bulgaria U-19 Matthew Pearson Micah Evans Murray Park Glasgow Unknown 31 July 2011 13:00 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 3–1 W Report Curzon Ashton Ryan Edwards 56Curtis Haley 67Robbie Cotton 84 Matthew Purcell 55 Tameside Stadium Ashton-under-Lyne Unknown 3 August 2011 19:00 Harrogate Town 0–3 W Report Blackburn Rovers Reserves Osayamen Osawe Jadan Hall John O'Sullivan Wetherby Road Harrogate 10 August 2011 19:30 Chorley 1–2 W Report Blackburn Rovers Reserves Shelton Payne Curtis Haley Sean Cooke Victory Park Victory Park 452 Mid-season friendlies 7 October 2011 14:00 * Pune 0–3 W Report Blackburn Rovers Roberts 35 78 Rochina 52 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Pune Following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British Foreign office, and this includes the friendly against Pune. http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2396597,00.html Blackburn Rovers Rovers cancel India tour 19 July 2011 19 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722181515/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2396597,00.html 22 July 2011 dead The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011. Competitions Premier League 1 13 August 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 L Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Formica 20 Fletcher 22Ward 47 Ewood Park Blackburn 21,996 (3,533 away) 2 20 August 2011 15:00 Aston Villa 3–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Agbonlahor 12 Heskey 25 55 Delph 58 Bent 67 Petrov 80 Pedersen 52 Villa Park Birmingham 32,319 (250 away) 3 27 August 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 L Report Everton Arteta 90+2 pen. Ewood Park Blackburn 22,826 4 11 September 2011 16:00 Fulham 1–1 D Report Blackburn Rovers Zamora 38 Rochina 32 Craven Cottage London 24,856 (300 away) 5 17 September 2011 12:45 Blackburn Rovers 4–3 W Report Arsenal Yakubu 25 59Song 50 o.g.Koscielny 68 o.g. Gervinho 10Arteta 34Chamakh 85 Ewood Park Blackburn 22,637 6 24 September 2011 15:00 Newcastle United 3–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Ba 27 30 54 Hoilett 37 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 46,236 (1,174 away) 7 1 October 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 L Report Manchester City A. Johnson 56 Balotelli 59 Nasri 73 Savić 87 Ewood Park Blackburn 24,760 (7,531 away) 8 15 October 2011 15:00 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 D Report Blackburn Rovers Helguson 16 Samba 24 Loftus Road London 16,487 (971 away) 9 23 October 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 L Report Tottenham Hotspur Formica 28 van der Vaart 15 53 Ewood Park Blackburn 22,786 10 29 October 2011 15:00 Norwich City 3–3 D Report Blackburn Rovers Morison 53Johnson 82Holt 90+4 pen. Hoilett 45+3Yakubu 62Samba 64 Carrow Road Norwich Anthony Taylor 26,440 11 5 November 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 L Report Chelsea Lampard 51 Ewood Park Blackburn Mike Dean 21,985 12 19 November 2011 15:00 Wigan Athletic 3–3 D Report Blackburn Rovers Gómez 7 Caldwell 31 Crusat 88 Yakubu 2 90+9 pen. Hoilett 59 DW Stadium Wigan Andre Marriner 17,329 13 26 November 2011 12:45 Stoke City 3–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Delap 28 Whelan 58 Crouch 71 Rochina 85 Britannia Stadium Stoke Mark Halsey 26,686 (397 away) 14 3 December 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 4–2 W Report Swansea City Yakubu 20 45+2 57 82 pen. Lita 35Moore 66 Ewood Park Blackburn Chris Foy 23,080 15 11 December 2011 13:30 Sunderland 2–1 L Blackburn Rovers Vaughan 83 Larsson 90+2 Vukčević 17 Stadium of Light Sunderland Peter Walton 39,863 (319 away) 16 17 December 2011 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 L Report West Bromwich Albion Dann 72 Morrison 52 Odemwingie 89 Ewood Park Blackburn Mark Clattenburg 22,909 (2,564 away) 17 20 December 2011 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 L Report Bolton Wanderers Yakubu 67 M. Davies 5 Reo-Coker 30 Ewood Park Blackburn Martin Atkinson 25,570 (4,300 away) 18 26 December 2011 15:00 Liverpool 1–1 D Report Blackburn Rovers Maxi 53 Adam 45 o.g. Anfield Liverpool Mike Jones 44,441 (571 away) 19 31 December 2011 12:45 Manchester United 2–3 W Report Blackburn Rovers Berbatov 52 62 Yakubu 16 pen. 51Hanley 80 Old Trafford Manchester Mike Dean 75,146 20 2 January 2012 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 L Report Stoke City Goodwillie 69 Crouch 17 45 Ewood Park Blackburn Lee Mason 20,615 21 14 January 2012 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 W Report Fulham Pedersen 45+4Dunn 46Formica 79 Duff 56 Ewood Park Blackburn Anthony Taylor 18,003 22 21 January 2012 15:00 Everton 1–1 D Report Blackburn Rovers Cahill 24 Goodwillie 72 Goodison Park Everton 32,464 (1,229 away) 23 1 February 2012 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 L Report Newcastle United Dann 12 o.g.Obertan 90+2 Ewood Park Blackburn Phil Dowd 20,817 24 4 February 2012 13:00 Arsenal 7–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers van Persie 2 38 62Chamberlain 40 54Arteta 51Henry 90+3 Pedersen 32 Emirates Stadium London Andre Marriner 59,643 25 11 February 2012 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 W Report Queens Park Rangers Yakubu 15Nzonzi 23Onuoha 45+3 o.g. Mackie 71 90+2 Ewood Park Blackburn Mike Dean 20,252 26 25 February 2012 17:30 Manchester City 3–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Balotelli 30Agüero 52Džeko 81 Etihad Stadium Manchester Mike Jones 46,782 (556 away) 27 3 March 2012 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 D Report Aston Villa Dunn 85 N'Zogbia 24 Ewood Park Blackburn Howard Webb 20,717 28 10 March 2012 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 W Report Blackburn Rovers Hoilett 43 69 Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton Chris Foy 26,121 (1,350 away) 29 20 March 2012 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 W Report Sunderland Hoilett 58Yakubu 86 Ewood Park Blackburn Martin Atkinson 20,056 30 24 March 2012 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Wheater 28 35 Nzonzi 56 Reebok Stadium Manchester Andre Marriner 26,901 (2,800 away) 31 2 April 2012 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 L Report Manchester United Hanley 54 Valencia 40 81Young 86 Ewood Park Blackburn Howard Webb 26,532 (7,500 away) 32 7 April 2012 15:00 West Bromwich Albion 3–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Martin Olsson 7 o.g.Fortuné 69Ridgewell 85 The Hawthorns West Bromwich Lee Probert 23,414 (871 away) 33 10 April 2012 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 L Liverpool Orr 28Yakubu 36 61 pen.Hoilett 62Formica 64Hanley 90 Flanagan 12Maxi 13 16 45+1Doni 0 25Jones 61Bellamy 72Henderson 86Carroll 90 Ewood Park Blackburn Paul Taylor 23,517 (7,500 away) 14 April 2012 34 15:00 GMT Swansea City 3–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Sigurðsson 37 Dyer 43 Dann 63 o.g. Hoilett 33 Formica 90+1 Liberty Stadium Swansea 18,985 (680 away) Mark Clattenburg L 21 April 2012 35 15:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Report Norwich City Formica 41Hoilett 49 Ewood Park Blackburn 23,218 Kevin Friend W 29 April 2012 36 16:00 GMT Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Report Blackburn Rovers van der Vaart 22Walker 75 White Hart Lane London 35,798 (207 away) Mike Jones L 37 7 May 2012 20:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 0–1 L Report Wigan Athletic Alcaraz 87 Ewood Park Blackburn 26,144 13 May 2012 38 15:00 GMT Chelsea 2–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Terry 31Raul Meireles 34 Yakubu 60 Stamford Bridge London 40,742 (448 away) Lee Mason L Results by Round Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ResultL LLDWLLDLDLDLWLLLDWLWDLLWLDWWLLLLLWLLLPosition 1519192016181920201819202018191920201720181819201818171616161818191919191919 FA Cup 7 January 2012 15:00 GMT Third round Newcastle United 2–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Ben Arfa 70 Jonás 90+5 Goodwillie 35 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 30,876 (357 away) League Cup 24 August 2011 20:00 BST Second round Blackburn Rovers 3–1 W Report Sheffield Wednesday Rochina 3 4Goodwillie 7 Morrison 50 Ewood Park Blackburn 8,607 20 September 2011 20:00 BST Third round Blackburn Rovers 3–2 W Report Leyton Orient Roberts 44 pen.Rochina 71Vukčević 75 Mooney 64Cox 86 Ewood Park Blackburn 7,104 26 October 2011 20:00 BST Fourth round Blackburn Rovers 4–3 y W Report Newcastle United Rochina 5Yakubu 64 pen.Pedersen 99Givet 120 Guthrie 90+3Cabaye 90+6Løvenkrands 105+3 Ewood Park Blackburn 10,682 (4,500 away) 29 November 2011 19:45 GMT Quarter-finals Cardiff City 2–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Miller 19 Gerrard 50 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 19,436 (800 away) Squad statistics Appearances and goals 13 May 2012 Premier League FA Cup League Cup 1 Paul Robinson GK ENG 34 0 0 0 0 0 3 Martin Olsson DF SWE 23+4 0 1 0 2 0 5 Gaël Givet DF FRA 21+1 0 1 0 3 1 8 David Dunn MF ENG 21+5 2 0 0 1+1 0 9 Anthony Modeste FW FRA 3+6 0 0 0 0 0 10 Mauro Formica MF ARG 25+9 4 0+1 0 2+1 0 11 Vince Grella MF AUS 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen MF NOR 33 3 1 0 2 0 13 Mark Bunn GK ENG 3 0 1 0 3 0 14 Radosav Petrović MF SER 10+9 0 1 0 3 0 15 Steven Nzonzi MF FRA 31+1 2 1 0 1 0 16 Scott Dann DF ENG 27 1 0 0 1 0 18 Bradley Orr MF ENG 10+2 0 0 0 0 0 19 Jordan Slew FW ENG 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 20 Rubén Rochina FW ESP 9+9 2 1 0 2+1 4 21 Marcus Olsson MF SWE 10+2 0 0 0 0 0 22 Nick Blackman FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 2 0 23 Junior Hoilett FW CAN 35 7 0 0 0+2 0 24 Yakubu FW NGR 29+1 17 0 0 0+2 1 25 David Goodwillie FW SCO 4+16 2 1 1 2 1 29 Simon Vukčević MF MNE 4+3 1 1 0 1 1 31 Grant Hanley DF SCO 19+4 1 1 0 3 0 32 Bruno Ribeiro DF BRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Josh Morris DF ENG 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 34 Jake Kean GK ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 Jason Lowe MF ENG 30+2 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 36 Amine Linganzi MF ALG 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Zac Aley FW ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 Myles Anderson DF ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Adam Henley DF WAL 4+3 0 1 0 0 0 40 Robbie Cotton MF ENG 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club: 4 Christopher Samba DF CGO 15 2 0 0 0 0 6 Ryan Nelsen DF NZL 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Brett Emerton MF AUS 2 0 0 0 1 0 30 Jason Roberts FW GRN 4+5 0 0 0 1+1 1 |- |colspan="14"|Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have been stripped of shirt number: 2 Míchel Salgado (removed from 1st team duty)Salgado 'frozen out' – Blackburn defender says he is not being allowed to play http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7387948/ Sky Sports 2011-12-20 2012-01-20* DF ESP 9 0 0 0 0 0 |} Due to clauses in Salgado's contracts regarding an automatic payrise and a one-year extension to his current contract, he was excluded from first team duty. Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 FW 24 Yakubu 17 0 1 182 FW 20 Rubén Rochina 2 1 4 7MF 23 Junior Hoilett 7 0 0 74 FW 25 David Goodwillie 2 1 1 4MF 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 3 0 1 4 Own Goals 4 0 0 47 MF 10 Mauro Formica 3 0 0 38MF 8 David Dunn 2 0 0 2MF 15 Steven Nzonzi 2 0 0 2DF 4 Christopher Samba 2 0 0 2FW 29 Simon Vukčević 1 0 1 211 DF 16 Scott Dann 1 0 0 1DF 5 Gaël Givet 0 0 1 1DF 31 Grant Hanley 1 0 0 1FW 30 Jason Roberts 0 0 1 1TOTALS4711053 Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal8MFDavid Dunn310000313DFMartin Olsson310010418 DF Gaël Givet210000219FWAnthony Modeste1100001124FWYakubu1100001135MFJason Lowe100001011015MFSteven Nzonzi7000007031DFGrant Hanley5000005012MFMorten Gamst Pedersen500000502DFMíchel Salgado4000004023MFJunior Hoilett2000103016DFScott Dann2000002014MFRadosav Petrović2000002030FWJason Roberts2000002020FWRubén Rochina200000204DFChristopher Samba2000002013GKMark Bunn001000107MFBrett Emerton1000001010MFMauro Formica1000001021MFMarcus Olsson1000001018DFBradley Orr10000010TOTALS5751030615 Transfers In DatePos.NameFromFeeSource 1 July 2011 DF Myles Anderson Aberdeen Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/9432795.stm Blackburn Rovers sign Myles Anderson BBC Sport 22 March 2011 4 August 2011 FW David Goodwillie Dundee United Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.8 million)2011-08-03 Goodwillie signs for Blackburn Rovers https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/9176009.goodwillie-signs-blackburn-rovers/ 2024-08-23 Lancashire Telegraph en-GB 0307-1235 10 August 2011 MF Radosav Petrović Partizan Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.7 million) 9 August 2011 Blackburn sign Serbia midfielder https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-30515944.html 15 August 2026 Irish Examiner en 22 August 2011 DF Bruno Ribeiro Grêmio Prudente Free transfer/End of contractBlackburn Rovers sign Brune Ribeiro. 22 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120617170515/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2399105%2C00.html 17 June 2012 26 August 2011 MF Simon Vukčević Sporting CP Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2 million)Blackburn Rovers sign Simon Vukcevic. 26 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111129091710/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2430265%2C00.html 29 November 2011 31 August 2011 FW Yakubu Everton Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1.5 million)31 August 2011 Everton striker Yakubu joins Blackburn Rovers https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14731140 15 August 2026 BBC Sport en-GB 31 August 2011 DF Scott Dann Birmingham City Undisclosed fee *(rep. £6m-£8m)2011-08-31 A Dann deal as Birmingham City defender joins Blackburn Rovers https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/9226112.dann-deal-birmingham-city-defender-joins-blackburn-rovers/ 2024-08-23 Lancashire Telegraph en-GB 0307-1235 31 August 2011 FW Jordan Slew Sheffield United Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1m)Blackburn Rovers sign Jordan Slew. 1 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120128155101/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2439034%2C00.html 28 January 2012 17 January 2012MFTim PayneWaitakere UnitedUndisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)Payne seals Rovers move – New Zealander arrives in England. 17 January 201231 January 2012MFMarcus OlssonFree agentFree transferMarcus makes Rovers move. 31 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120202203710/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2594567%2C00.html 2 February 201231 January 2012DFBradley OrrQueens Park RangersUndisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)Rovers agree Orr deal. 31 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120206184113/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2595562%2C00.html 6 February 2012 Summer total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £16 million-£18 million + additional undisclosed fees & add-ons January total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) Out DatePos.NameToFeeSource 9 May 2011 GK Frank Fielding Derby County Undisclosed fee *(rep. £400,000)https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13338390 Derby County sign Frank Fielding BBC Sport 9 May 2011 June 2011 DF Zurab Khizanishvili Kayserispor Free transfer/End of contracthttp://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/readingfc/articles/2011/07/19/53066-royals-step-up-defender-search-/ Kayserispor sign Zurab Khizanishvili. 19 July 2011 4 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929023014/http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/readingfc/articles/2011/07/19/53066-royals-step-up-defender-search-/ 29 September 2011 dead June/July 2011 GK Jason Brown Aberdeen Free transfer/End of contracthttp://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20110720/dons-sign-new-keeper-_2212158_2397759 Aberdeen sign Jason Brown. 20 July 2011 4 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924152033/http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20110720/dons-sign-new-keeper-_2212158_2397759 24 September 2012 dead 13 June 2011 DF Phil Jones Manchester United Undisclosed fee *(rep. £16.5m-£22m plus add ons)Manchester United sign Phil Jones. 13 June 2011 June 2011 MF Michael Potts York City Free transfer/End of contractJuly 2011 CF Maceo Rigters Gold Coast United End of contracthttp://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/213618,smith-makes-way-for-rigters.aspx Gold Coast United sign Maceo Rigters. 1 September 2011 4 September 2011 5 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121005142923/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/213618,smith-makes-way-for-rigters.aspx dead July 2011 MF Jordan Bowen Chorley Free transfer/End of contract1 November 2011 July 2011 DF Damilola Ajagbe Free agent End of contract July 2011 DF Andy Parry Free agent End of contract July 2011 FW Toni Vastić Bayern Munich II Minimal fee July 2011 FW Benjani Portsmouth Free transfer/End of contractPortsmouth sign Benjani. 13 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406125242/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Benjani-Returns-2451.aspx 6 April 2012 13 July 2011MF Aaron Doran Inverness Caledonian Thistle Undisclosed fee *(rep. 50% sell on fee)Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign Aaron Doran. 13 July 2011 11 August 2011FW Nikola Kalinić FC Dnipro Undisclosed fee *(rep. £7m)http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2417201,00.html Dnipro sign Nikola Kalinic. 11 August 2011 4 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110819154210/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2417201,00.html 19 August 2011 dead 12 August 2011DF Gavin Gunning Dundee United Undisclosed feeDundee United sign Gavin Gunning. 12 August 2011 25 August 2011MF Brett Emerton Sydney FC Undisclosed feeSydney FC sign Brett Emerton. 25 August 2011 1 September 2011MF El Hadji Diouf Free agent Mutually agreed contract terminationhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14748844 Diouf released by Blackburn Rovers BBC Sport 1 September 2011 October 2011DF Cameron Lindsay Free agent (later signed for) Wellington Phoenix ReleasedCameron Lindsay released by Blackburn Rovers. Later joins Wellington Phoenix. 5 October 201126 January 2012FWJason RobertsReadingUndisclosed fee *(rep. £500,000)Roberts joins the Royals. 26 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120128205713/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2589693%2C00.html 28 January 201231 January 2012MFKeith AndrewsFree agent (later signed for) West BromReleasedKeith Andrews released. Signs for WBA. 31 January 20121 February 2012DFRyan NelsenFree agent (later signed for) Tottenham HotspurReleasedRyan Nelsen released. 1 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120203230250/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2595866%2C00.html 3 February 20122 February 2012FWTom HitchcockFree agentReleasedHitchcock leaves Blackburn. 2 February 201224 February 2012CBChristopher SambaAnzhiUndisclosed fee *(rep. £11 million)Samba heads to Russia. 24 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120228082036/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2623128%2C00.html 28 February 2012 Summer total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £23.9 million-£29.4 million + Undisclosed fees January total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep.£11.5 million) Loan in Date from Date to Pos. Name FromSource 19 January 2012 31 July 2012 FW Anthony Modeste FC Girondins de Bordeaux2012-01-19 Blackburn get Modeste https://www.eurosport.com/football/premier-league/2011-2012/blackburn-get-modeste_sto3114158/story.shtml 2024-08-23 Eurosport Loan out Date from Date to Pos. Name ToSource 31 June 2011 31 October 2011 FW Tom Hitchcock Plymouth Argyle 2 August 2011 5 November 2011 GK Jake Kean Rochdale2011-08-02 Rochdale sign Blackburn Rovers keeper Jake Kean on loan https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14377439 2024-08-23 BBC Sport en-GB 12 August 2011 31 January 2012 MF Keith Andrews Ipswich Town2011-08-11 Ipswich Town sign Keith Andrews from Blackburn Rovers https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/14493110 2024-08-23 BBC Sport en-GB 31 October 2011 31 July 2012 FW Micah Evans Accrington Stanley 23 November 2011 26 January 2012 MF Hérold Goulon Doncaster Rovers1 February 201231 July 2012FWFilip PivkovskiFC Nordsjælland References External links Blackburn Rovers F.C. official website 2011-12 Category:2011–12 Premier League by team